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paying on his 1st state visit to moscow since the russian invasion. ah, this is al jazeera ly from door i'm fully back. people also coming up. frances government. traces to no confidence votes in parliament over president my course controversial pension before a major un report says global warming is likely lacrosse critical levels in the next decade and less drastic changes are made. and 20 years after the us invasion of iraq, we hear from a man who was tortured at the infamous apple, great prison, and is still waiting for justice. ah, a journey of peace and a meeting of dear friends. that's how the leaders of russia and china describing president changing things. first,
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a visit to moscow. since the russia invasion of ukraine, both hail their historic close ties. as russia faces international isolation, as in put in toll, she is open to negotiations on china's piece plan to resolve the conflict hash and i had barrow has the d test. ah, this is a trip china hopes would end war in ukraine. but it's a delicate mission for chinese president g jumping. she has repeatedly said his country is neutral in the conflict, but he is widely seen as a key ally and support of russian president vladimir, put in all good trying to values the friendship between china and russia. this has historical logic because we are neighbors and to large countries. we're also strategic partners such a position determined that we have a very close relationship with last month. china presented a peace plan to end the war in ukraine thing. but while it calls fun and to
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unilateral sanctions against russia and a cease fire, it makes no mention of russian troops withdrawing from ukrainian territory. president vladimir putin said russia is open to a political and diplomatic solution increments. essentially, people are dreaming. we have considered your proposals for settlement of the current crisis. of course, we will have an opportunity to discuss this. we know that you are basing this on principle of furnace and upholding the principle of the international law and divisible security for all countries. you also know that we're always open to negotiation, so we'll discuss all this issues, including your initiative. we'd use the principles following his trip to moscow. president g jumping is likely to speak with ukrainian leader for the demur, zelinski for the 1st time since the start of the war. but ukraine has rejected calls for a cease fire while its territory is occupied by russian forces. badging also faces another challenge,
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convincing west to leaders who remain largely skeptical of its peace plan for the united states said it was designed to deflect attention from china. support for put in washington has recently disclosed intelligence that china was considered in sending secret shipments of weapons to russia. and if that happens, the u. s. was it may impose economic sanctions on badging ash about about a al jazeera while the u. s. has dismissed china as attempt to broke a piece in ukraine. he is the u. s. secretary of state and to me blinking the world should not be fooled by any tactical move by russia are supported by china or any other country to freeze the war on its own terms. such a move would violate you and charter and delay, ah, the fire, excuse me, the will of a 141 countries who haven't condemned brushes war in the united nations general
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assembly one party to the scarlet ukraine has already put forward a just peace formula of china is committed to supporting an end to the war based on the principles of the you and charter, as called for in point. one of his plan is to engage with presence lensky and ukraine on that basis. and use his influence to compel moscow to pull back its forces life to al jazeera while st. jordan was at the state department in washington ross, tell us more about how washington's dealing this visit by she to moscow. well, the u. s. has long been suspicious of the growing relationship between moscow and beijing. since the 2 countries signed an agreement early in 2022, indicating that they were going to be much closer allies. as we heard in that report, the u. s. has long suspected that china may be considering providing offensive weapons to russia, which has a, essentially
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a depleted much of what it has been using in its war against ukraine. the u. s. is also a very skeptical of any efforts for china to broker some sort of ceasefire because as we have heard repeatedly including from top us officials on monday, the a usaa believes that told any such pause could give russia time, not just to rebuild. it saw manpower on the battlefield, but also to bring on board new weapons in order to continue it's offensive. so the u. s. is very skeptical, and the u. s. is very much a insisting that anything that does in the conflict between russia and ukraine has to respect not just ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity, but should also make it certain that tell ukraine does of regain control include including of crimea, which russia invaded back in 2014. okay, ross, thank you very much for the moment voice and john lie for
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a say in washington dc. meanwhile, russia has opened a case against ange national criminal court prosecutor and judges. it comes after the i c. c issued an arrest warrant for president put in last week over the alleged deportation of children from ukraine. russia's investigative committee says the probe against the court is based on its unlawful decision to seek president putin's arrests. while the u. k. and the netherlands are hosting an international conference to shore up support for the i. c. c. britain's justice secretary dominic rob says the court decision to issue an arrest warrant for put in was an historic moment. that sends a much stronger, i more far reaching message right around the world to desperate some dictators everywhere that they will be brought to justice. but they will be held to account. and as we come together to day, i hope and i believe it serves to underlying the importance of ensuring that the i c c as every support for the crucial work. but it is doing never used
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a window of opportunity to be climate change is rapidly closing. extreme weather events will only get worse unless the world acts now to secure a livable future for all the stock predictions are outlined in a new un report that's expected to shape climate policy in the coming years, i environment editor nicholas explains in every country on every continent the climate emergency is taking hold. this is milan away, hundreds dead, hundreds of thousands displace the cause. a record breaking cycling on the other side of the world in argentina, endless brutal heat compounding droughts with farmers facing losses, estimated at $14000000000.00. so now we have this latest call to arms from the united nations with what should become the fundamental policy document for shaping climate action. it is the distillation of years of work by hundreds of scientists.
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and these are the key points in the past decade that have been 15 times more deaths from drowns floods and storms and more vulnerable regions, carbon emissions, they need to drop and rapidly. in fact, they need to cut by almost half in just 7 years. if global warming is to be limited to one and a half degrees celsius baths a rapid and far reaching transition could pull us back from the brink. and to help do that, developed countries need to stump up hundreds of billions of dollars every year to vulnerable nations. something they've so far failed to do whether or not swelled leaders with that is another matter. it's not as if they weren't warnings long ago . and this was for men, nasa, climate scientists, james hanson way, back in 1988. altogether. this evidence represents a very strong case in my opinion that the greenhouse effect has been detected and it is changing our climate now. well, as we now know, the well didn't listen 35 years on fossil fuel emissions continued to increase
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along with colossal profits for the oil, johns, and temperatures. as of course, they're going up to and now say the experts once and for all we need to act before that window of opportunity. slam shut. id team care g is one of the office of the i p c, synthesis report. she says vulnerable. countries must get more support to adapt to the effects of global warming. most importantly is rapid deep, rapid and sustained reductions in emissions in greenhouse emissions. and to be on the track for $1.00 degree, we have to hop at missions by the end of this decade. having said that, what is also equally needed is we already know that impacts are happening and those who are facing most of them back to some of the most vulnerable, the ones who have not emitted to the one who haven't needed the lease at the most vulnerable so adaptation also is extremely important for helping those wonderful
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communities to adapt better to the impact. but one of the main findings of the report is that even though, even though we adapt, what we are doing today will be as effective at a higher level of global warming. so mitigation reducing emissions is one of the most important climate solutions followed by adaptation. what actually says that we have the solutions was required, our political venue, governance policies and institutions to actually implement those solutions. so as if, if we don't know what we need to do, we know we have the solutions. now what we need is that political commitment on the way to go ahead and do what's needed to secure a livable future for us and for our children. the international monetary fund has approved a $2900000000.00 baylor for sri lanka, which is battling an unprecedented economic crisis. the island nation will now have access to about $7000000000.00 of funding that will help the government deal with shortages of food, fuel,
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and medicine. shank has double taxes and increased power times to meet i m f. c. i missed requirements for a bailout last year's widespread protest force president got a bio roger pack set to resign and free the country. the european central bank president, christina god, has told banks to prepare for tough times ahead. she's also warned to flor economic growth. this is after the swiss government backed a takeover of credit suisse by main wyvil, u b. s credit suisse managers around $1.00 trillion dollars around the world. as profits dropped significantly in 2022, falling nearly $8000000000.00 after losing $2000000000.00 in 2021. it shares has been in shock, declined since 2021. they've now lost more than 95 percent of their value in the past 5 years. now vodka is in london, he explains the market reaction in europe. the fading here in the british capital that we may have averted the worst of a financial crisis of the like, not seen in 2008 as
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a result of what's happened to credit suisse. but at the same time, although the markets seem to have come slightly, there have been some changes across europe as reflected in a turbulent share price for the european central bank. also, unsurprisingly, the shap prices of bush as a credit suisse fell by 62 percent. the biggest in its history, although many financial experts believe the markets was simply adjusting to what they believe was u. b. s. is real valuation of the shares, never less you be. i suffered a tank in it shares as well of 12 percent. the problem is at the moment this takeover is just gathering pace. people are trying to work out exactly what it means while it all beds in. and they were big questions about what effects it could have globally going forward and also in the workforce based here in the british capital. that 6200 workers at e b. s. $5000.00 at credit suisse. we know that the takeover will mean some degree
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of a merger of that workforce. but also we gather from the chairman of e b. s. that will also be a degree of streamlining in swell, meaning that the future for some of these workers is up in the n me, paul cow, jazeera, london in south africa, the opposition economic freedom find his body has declared his mass protests and called for a national shut down court, a success. oh, hundreds of people protested in the capital pretoria in other parts of the country on monday morning for present to run the course are to be removed and the rolling power cut to end. terrible. teresa was out the protesting pretoria. we're not going to say hold on to wait for the country to the last. that is let you. this will in ahead. he's a leader of the off is this is a policy. and being the man in the red t shirt, he's leaving you support is interested in solar about forces. obviously he's going
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to bonds that the president revise, a national santa, according to him, he says most with have that maybe people have a not a place to remain close. also approaches of my economy, the high cost of living and the electricity price in some areas, yet in gold for more than 10 hours a day without power and people offers a me and deal with people. i wondered with that invoice some of them going with fema right now. these approaches are a sign of, of frustration, of some people here in africa. they're saying that we need to be done about the economy and the electricity problems. how do you,
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how does aram dorian and still ahead, ah, police in kenya out in force as the opposition stage is demonstrations against the president over the rising cost of living. ah frank assessments. this treaty provides this with this hopeful moment where countries could come together and stop putting in place the rules and will allow us to treat this global commons with the attention it deserves. inside story, on al jazeera. what that all will say you dial as the ballade never laid him a battle and know him in my thought that the notion of what have you done i see was the visit on that will be made with that view
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ah tension in the occupied westbank is on the increase leading to a new wave of palestinian retaliatory action. you are one of the most one thing. why is that a al jazeera world investigates to new all groups, gaining public support and meeting israeli forces had on a new phase of palestinian resistance on al jazeera lou. oh,
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you're watching al jazeera alive from doha. re couple our top stories this our, china's president. she didn't being has met russian liter vladimir put in in moscow . it's the 1st visit by the chinese leaders in the russian invasion of ukraine. put in says he'd use china's proposal for a resolution of conflict with respect. the united nations is warning that the window of opportunity to beat climate change is rapidly closing. a new report says, extreme weather events will get worse and left. the world acts now to secure and livable future for now to france, where the government is facing to no confidence votes in parliament over prison. my cause controversial pension reform opposition politicians are angry that my cause bypassing parliament and pushing through his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64. for the motions to pass parties from across the deeply divided national assembly would have to unite said, get the lease from natasha. battle i was in paris. boys. tell us about what's been
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happening at the national assembly. what's the latest more, you know, critical time, a whole circle, the french government, facing bees to no confidence folks. what we've been seeing for the past few hours is emp. debating these motions that were tabled by 2 opposition of parliamentary groups in protest against the french government decision to push through its pension reform, billed by a decree and peace of now broken off this session. they are now voting and so we do expect the will have the results of those votes. i least allow, at least within the next hour, i should say that there are 2 ways to go. of course, either the government will survive these folks. the 2 votes, in which case, they will press the head with their pension before bill, and we can see that been signed in to laws and in the coming days, weeks, or if the government wants to lose these new confidence motions. what would then
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happen is that to fight my son to my no, michael would have to dissolve the assembly coal for new elections or re shop these capitalist hide away. that would be the end of the road for the reform bill. but i, the way it was seemed that the demonstration is and as strikes will continue in trans. yes, not because demonstrates his feel that even though this bill has been for through parliament by decree that they still have a chance to have it scrapped by the french government if they continue the pressure in the streets. so that's why it processes the saying they can continue the demonstrations of their strikes, trade unions of food for nationwide day of action on thursday. so we'll see a widespread strikes on that day. one can expect and will say street protest across the country. hundreds of cities say that they will re, to take fall trade unions in those cities ready, motivated as a lot of anger and frustration against the french government not only as the reform,
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which will see people work for a couple of years longer, but also through the method used by the government to push it through parliament bite to clean people feel that was on the democratic. it's not, it is constitutionally legal, but people feel that it means that the french government was unable to reach consensus. i'm unable to when it happened. so what so ordinary people feel that they need that something resort few years ago during the yellow vest movement, which many people say having now is very reminiscent of that this real sense of social unrest and social anger among some of the population. we feel that the government simply out of touch with the concerns of the people at ashley. thank very much for the moment. we will of course, check in with you in a little while to find out or the outcome of the no confidence votes in the french varmint. there. natasha butler in paris to kenny an hour where police in nairobi, the capital of fire tear gas had demonstrators were protesting against the rising cost of living and fuel shortages. dozens of people have been arrested including 2
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opposition and beast opposition leader ala dingo, who nearly lost last year's presidential election to william mucho has called on kenyan to come out to onto the street. justice white ban on demonstrations. catherine sawyer, reports from nairobi. security is very tight in and around the city we are on opposite vision area. obviously we've seen a lot of security forces here. people are not allowed to move outside of this area. we have seen t. gus that has been deployed. young men are throwing stones, the police, and now the end game of the protest is to go to the city center to go to the president's office and state how to lay that demands. what they're saying is that they're very frustrated by the whole of leaving inflation is very high. he talk about taxes, place us,
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our president had said we will see some change in 90 days. basic commodities will go down, but we are protesting because life has become so difficult. so the president has said no to subsidies like may's flower and fuel when the former president, who to kinyata was helping with that these projects have been called by rile. oh, dear god, the opposition to be done and he said that you will keep the pressure on into the government yield. and we have been talking to a lot of people here who is saying that they are very frustrated. they are angry and you can see from their tone and you're all going and say that one of the things is that they see a very bloated government, that even carrying all these expenses. yet, on the other hand, the government is saying it doesn't have money. high is that possible? so it doesn't make sense to them so that the thing that they are going to keep on
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and feel that demand is met. international donors has pledged more than $7500000000.00 to help turkey and syria recover from last month's devastating earthquakes. sweden is hosting a donor conference help the victims revealed their lives. took years, president says the damage in his country alone has risen to over a $104000000000.00. the magnitude 7.8 quake flattened entire cities and killed more than 50000 people in both turkey and parts of syria. now it's been 20 years since us led forces invaded iraq and kept her was held at the infamous abil grey prison. are still waiting for justice. they say the world has forgotten their torture and abuse. al jazeera is a, sam had been javert, re, force a warning that it contains images and testimonies. some viewers may find disturbing . so so
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it takes ali all his courage to recount what happened to him. distressing memories of violence, abuse, and humiliation. in 2003, he was imprisoned for a year by us forces in the notorious february prison, ali says he was among those who were tortured by their captors loft and photographed them. the thought of allah! on the other, some one emily could food. i was standing on the box, it's so strong, not breakable. they tied wires and started electric shocks. i remember biting my tongue. my eyes felt that they were about to pop out and i started bleeding from under the mask. then i fell down of the company of work and saw me. the brutality captured in these images shocked, the world are destroy inmates naked and being degraded with some undergoing acts of sexual abuse. american guards are also seen pausing with decaying corpses. hardly saw or lack of take to show less than one percent of the truth. and what happened in the prisons. abu ghraib was one out of 75 sites,
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used as detention centers. what kind of human being can do such things to force people naked? sexually humiliated, inserting broken woods sticks into their sensitive parts until they bleed. electric shocks to their genitals, they were sadists. i was humiliated. i was bitten by a dog right here. i was naked in the cell. you know, there was no bed meant to harmless by bringing the dog into the cell. here is where the dog bid me. and he continues to suffer from the effects of his physical and mental torture and has undergone surgery many times. he's dedicated his life to seek justice from those responsible for the abuse that of rape. that's a very clear cut case of torture in prison under military occupation by the u. s. but on the event, you can also show the chain of command and setting up the present system, the miss treatment of prisoners in iraq by the us military, and disclose all up to donald rumsfeld while even 20 years after the invasion of
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iraq. it's a constant topic for political reasons, not to do that. to go against an ally against the u. s. l e went to thousands of prisoners with harrowing tales of what's become the legacy of the us invasion of iraq. after an international outcry, 11 years soldiers were convicted of being involved and abuses at abu gharib and most other service members who were accused were reprimanded without being charged rights. workers have rejected the u. s. government claims that abuse was isolated, incidents or the work of a few bad apples. human rights watch amnesty international. the i c r. c. have all documented cases of prolonged sleep and sensory deprivation, beatings, torture and being held naked. her. the minute this happened when the hanged me on the wall to the cliff in the handcuffs were here because of the weight of my body. the handcuff was cutting my hand to the wound, was almost rotten,
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cause another way of torture was noise. they bring big speakers with unbearable, loud music, i think even after a 1000 years, our great grandsons will receive our rights, even those who were tortured by the nazis by stalin by hitler. now they're getting their rights and as he waits for his rights and he wants to ensure the world does not forget his story. his worst nightmare is that people will fail to remember. and such abuse will be carried out again on others. in another war, sama majority of the 0. berlin and larceny is for now and fully battle, and i'll be back with more news on our jazeera after inside story to stay with us. ah,
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hello. they will have a look at africa in a moment. the 1st, the middle east, and live where the worst of the unsettled weather continues to linger. another area of low pressure across eastern areas of turkey has caused flooding. it's also brought in some very windy and wintry conditions. those are now moving across northern areas of iraq into iran. we have got some warnings out for that. we could also see some flooding, a new jordan that says the rain continues to move its way further east. but it really is a story of wind on tuesday. you can see it pick up going down across saudi arabia, living incidence, how we could see a sandstorm pushing its way further south, and that's going to blow a lot of the rain that's been lingering around coastal areas of amman out to sea. now wind is also the story across the north of africa. we've got violent winds, with warnings, the western areas of libya as well as out uria and she needs a row seeing more in form of rain for eastern areas of libya. on the time we get into wednesday, the rush of showers continued across the tropics of africa,
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some very heavy rain coming into coastal areas of tanzania and into mozambique before the south. this a much clearer picture. we'll see the wet and windy weather improve in cape town on wet and state, that she weather ah joined the debate. you know that the suckers seems empowered by the government and stand by the government today. they are to government offices. how security is also a global hope. you're on an online, at your voice. there is no rights to defense. there is no right to protest. we can't just keep relying on aid. there has to be some work towards a sustainable economy. at the end of the day, it is ordinary objects that are paying the price this $3.00 on now to sierra
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